>I thought John Kerry solved that puzzle long ago. Didn't he claim that
>Santorum was Latin for asshole?
That was Bob Kerrey.
This is from Ken Silverstein's listing of the 10 dumbest members of Congress in the March 1998 Progressive <http://www.progressive.org/dimmarch.htm>:
>No. 1
>
>SENATOR RICK SANTORUM
>
>Republican, Pennsylvania
>
>The boy blunder of American politics and a one-time lobbyist for the
>World Wrestling Federation, thirty-nine-year-old Santorum repeatedly
>humiliates himself in public. "Santorum?" Senator Bob Kerrey once
>commented. "Is that Latin for asshole?"
>
>Members of Santorum's own party make equally uncharitable
>observations. "[He is] critical of everything, indifferent to
>nuance, and incapable of compromise," Teresa Heinz, widow of the
>late GOP Senator John Heinz, has said of him.
>
>Due to his frequent gaffes, Santorum's handlers carefully
>stage-manage his actions and rarely allow him to be interviewed
>without his press secretary, who helps the boss field any tough
>questions. In a 1995 profile, Philadelphia magazine said that "much
>of Santorum's record has been a series of tantrums," and quoted a
>former Republican Congressional staffer as saying, "If you took the
>key out of his back, I'm not sure his lips would keep moving."
>
>One example: In speaking about the country's long-term prospects,
>Santorum remarked, "Nowhere in the Bible does it say that America
>will be here 100 years from now."